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Snowing very heavily here as well - Newtownabbey just above the Monkstown/Jordanstown area. Lying too. Hadn't even looked near the weather this evening and only noticed when passing a window in the house so nice wee surprise!

Seriously windy over the last couple of hours here with some really intense gusts, sounds and feels worse than Monday/Tuesday.

Just noticed one snow shower here today around early to mid-afternoon, didn't stick though. Road outside now glistening in the moonlight with frost/ice so as said above, take care if out on those roads, could be tricky. Interesting couple of days coming up with just about everything, and quite possibly the kitchen sink, being thrown at us. Take care all.

Very light shower of rain here at the moment but was just out there and it was clear at the time with a beautifiul full moon low in the sky - noticed the car was reading 3C - don't think quite cold enough for anything wintery just yet.

While amusing, it highlights the very point Essan just made - it's the Met Office who ultimately take the flak for these sensationalist headlines and 'forecasts' when they fail to materialise.

Yes, at long last ballybabe12, some thunder for Belfast! Only heard 3 or 4 rumbles but it's better than nothing! The rain has been torrential and the sky is incredibly dark and angry looking.

It looks more like a falcon of some type rather than a sparrowhawk; the wings are to angulated and pointed to be a sparrowhawk (or Goshawk for that matter). As already mentioned, doesn't look bulky enough to be a peregrine. I would be thinking more likely to be a kestrel, merlin or even a Hobby (although this is less likely as they are summer visitors AFAIK, could have just arrived though and you are in the right part of England for them). Let us know if you find out the identity of the elusive 'raptor'.

Get a pretty good variety of birds in my garden which over the past few months includes: blue tits, great tits, coal tits, chaffinches, greenfinches, goldfinches, the very occasional bullfinch, siskins (up to 6 at a time!), robins, house sparrows, blackbirds, song thrushes, collard doves, woodpigeons, magpies, wrens, the odd rook and hooded crow, starlings and blackcaps (only male). Last winter a brambling made a brief visit and the winter before that, a snow bunting also visited. Also see occasional sparrowhawks overhead and in summer hear (but never see) willow warblers and chifchaffs. Once a housemartin took an interest in the house but in the end decided against it! I'm sure I've missed out one or two species but nice to see such variety.

Very heavy skies just west of here with quite frequent rumbles of thunder. Looks like it is going to miss me as appears to be moving northwards.

Just had a small t'storm literally develop overhead as I was out cutting my lawn. It has moved off in a north easterly direction. Still lots of towering cumulus and c'nimbus around so maybe more to develop?

Seems to be clearing here now but still some distant rumbles of thunder. Looks like that's it for here but out towards the north west appears to be getting a pasting right now according to the radar.

Yes, same here. Another storm approaching with thunder almost directly overhead as I type this! It must be very bad out your way dee.

I'm just on the edge of that storm Dee88, some very impressive forked lightning and cloud to cloud strikes, but totally dry here although my wife said that there was heavy hail in Glengormley, only about 3 miles from here.

I live about 3 miles from Carrick. At about 8.45pm last night, after about an hour and a half of steady rain, I noticed that the rain suddenly became very intense - to deluge proportions and was accompanied by sudden and very strong winds. It lasted for all of about 3 or 4 minutes before easing - in fact it was just as the last of that front passed as there were clear skies behind. We even lost our satellite signal for a few minutes, something that only ever seems to happen during very intense rain or thunderstorms. My dish actually points in Carrick's direction! Didn't see any 'funnel' clouds though - just seemed like an intense squall line passing through.

I know it's a couple of days late, but here (I hope, as this is the first time I have tried to post a piccie!) is a picture of the squall line from the thunderstorm in the Belfast area on Sunday. Hope it works!